Acknowledgement
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This work would not have been possible without the financial support of the Vanderbilt Physician
Scientist
Development
Award,
the
American
Roentgen
Ray
Society
Scholarship
or
the
Vanderbilt
University
Medical
Center
Department
of
Radiology
and
Radiological
Sciences.
I
am
especially
indebted
to
Dr.
Martin
Sandler,
Chairman
of
the
Department
of
Radiology,
and
Dr.
John
Worrell,
Chief
of
the
Section
of
Thoracic
Radiology,
who
have
been
supportive
of
my
career
goals
and
who
worked
actively
to
provide
me
with
the
protected
academic
time
to
pursue
those
goals.
I am grateful to all of those with whom I have had the pleasure to work during this and other related
projects.
Each
of
the
members
of
my
Dissertation
Committee
has
provided
me
extensive
personal
and
professional
guidance
and
taught
me
a
great
deal
about
both
scientific
research
and
life
in
general.
I
would
especially
like
to
thank
Dr.
Ron
Price,
the
chairman
of
my
committee.
As
my
teacher
and
mentor,
he
has
taught
me
more
than
I
could
ever
give
him
credit
for
here.
He
has
shown
me,
by
his
example,
what
a
good
scientist
(and
person)
should
be.
Nobody has been more important to me in the pursuit of this project than the members of my family. I
would
like
to
thank
my
parents,
whose
love
and
guidance
are
with
me
in
whatever
I
pursue.
They
are
the
ultimate
role
models.
Most
importantly,
I
wish
to
thank
my
loving
and
supportive
wife,
Jennifer,
and
my
three
wonderful
children,
Lauren,
Jacob
and
Elizabeth,
who
provide
unending
inspiration.